Striking miners are going protest in Kutaisi

2012-10-30 14:15

In Georgia, about three thousand striking miners from the company LLC "Georgian Manganese" are going to hold a protest to Kutaisi, the IA Trend reports.

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The miners are going to hold a rally on October 30 in front of the Parliament of Georgia. "We're going to go on foot to Kutaisi to explain our problem to the majority. Our only hope is Bidzina Ivanishvili and his team. We are not going to give up and go down into the mines", one of the protesters Jemal Devadze said.

In mid-October, the miners went on hunger strike, but after the meeting with the MP from the coalition of "Georgian Dream" in Chiatura district Malkhaz Tsereteli they stopped hunger strike. According to the deputy, the miners' demands are fair, since their wages do not meet the severity of work, and the conditions at the plant are terrible. Miners are hoping that the new cabinet will address their problems and contribute to their solution.